Climate: Civil Protection Warning – Where will bad weather ‘hit’ – Society



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The General Secretariat of Civil Protection advises citizens to take special care and take measures to protect themselves from the dangers posed by the occurrence of severe meteorological phenomena, in a statement issued on the occasion of the emergency meteorological report of the National Meteorological Service.

According to the Extraordinary Meteorological Deterioration Bulletin issued on Friday, September 25, 2020 by EMY, the weather will change from Friday night (09-25-2020) and from the northwest, with strong phenomena that on Saturday (09-26 -2020) will spread throughout the west and north, with main characteristics of heavy rain and storms and stormy south southwest winds up to 8 Beaufort.

In more detail, the following will be affected:

1. Friday night (09-25-2020) the North Ionian and Epirus.

2. On Saturday (09-26-2020):

to. The Ionian Islands, Epirus, Western Sterea and gradually the Western Peloponnese. Starting in the afternoon, the effects will weaken.

second. Gradually from western Macedonia and Thrace in the afternoon, weakening from the west in the afternoon.

C. Probably the west and north of Thessaly at noon.

3. According to the forecast data available so far, a new atmospheric disturbance will affect the country again on Monday (09-28-2020), with heavy rains and thunderstorms mainly in western Greece.

Citizens can be informed daily about the development of exceptional weather events in the regular EMY weather reports and on the EMY website at the email address. www.emy.gr.

The General Secretariat of Civil Protection (www.civilprotection.gr) of the Ministry of Civil Protection, has informed the competent state services involved, as well as the regions and municipalities of the country, in order to be in greater alert of civil protection, in order to immediately address the effects of climatic events severe.

At the same time, the General Secretariat of Civil Protection advises citizens to take special care, taking care to take the necessary measures to protect themselves from the dangers derived from the occurrence of severe meteorological phenomena.

Take self-protection measures

In particular, in areas where heavy rains, thunderstorms, or hurricane-force winds are forecast:

* Secure items that, if swept away by severe weather, may cause damage or injury.

* Make sure that the gutters and gutters of the houses are not blocked and work normally.

* Avoid crossing streams and streams, on foot or by vehicle, during storms and rain, but also for several hours after the end of your event.

* Avoid field work and activities in the sea and coastal areas during severe weather events (risk of lightning).

* Avoid going under large trees, under hanging signs, and generally in areas where light objects (eg flowerpots, broken glass, etc.) can break off and fall to the ground (eg under balconies). ).

* Faithfully follow the instructions of the locally competent bodies, such as Traffic, etc.

For information and announcements on the prevailing situation and the passability of the road network due to floodwaters entering it, citizens can visit the EL.AS website. www.astynomia.gr.

For more information and instructions on self-protection against adverse weather conditions, citizens can visit the website of the General Secretariat for Civil Protection at www.civilprotection.gr.

Where the bad weather will hit

Time is spoiling since Friday night with heavy rains, storms, and stormy winds up to 8 Beaufort.

According to the emergency bulletin of meteorological deterioration issued by the National Meteorological Service, the weather will show a change from Friday night and from the northwest, with strong phenomena that on Saturday will spread throughout the west and north, with the main characteristics of heavy rains and thunderstorms and hurricane force winds up to 8 Beaufort.

In more detail, the following will be affected:

1. Friday night (09-25-2020) the north of Ionian and Epirus.

2. On Saturday (09-26-2020):

to. The Ionian Islands, Epirus, western Sterea and gradually the western Peloponnese. Starting in the afternoon, the effects will weaken.

second. Gradually from western Macedonia and Thrace in the afternoon, weakening from the west in the afternoon.

C. Probably the west and north of Thessaly until noon.

3. According to the forecast data available so far, a new atmospheric disturbance will affect the country again on MONDAY (09-28-2020), with heavy rains and thunderstorms mainly in western Greece.

Two successive disturbances in the central Mediterranean will affect our country in the coming days, which will cause a drop in temperature and in some places strong phenomena. Specifically, the weather as of Friday night (9/25) will show a change from the northwest, with strong phenomena, which on Saturday will extend to the entire west and north and will have as main characteristics heavy rains and storms and Storm. South southwest winds up to 8 Beaufort.

The southwest current prevailing in the upper atmosphere and the successive disturbances from the central Mediterranean will be the main causes of this climate change.

The first disturbance will affect northern Ionian and Epirus on Friday night (9/25) and Saturday (9/26) to the Ionian islands, Epirus, western Esterea and gradually the western Peloponnese. Starting in the afternoon, the effects will weaken. Macedonia and Thrace will also be gradually affected from the west, with a weakening of the phenomena from the west in the afternoon. It is not ruled out that the west and north of Thessaly will be affected by noon.

You can see the second disturbance and the general evolution of the weather over the next few days through the video below. For the second wave of bad weather forecast for Monday, where heavy rains and storms are forecast again in western Greece, this bulletin will be updated, while more data on weather developments will be added to the regular EMY bulletins that they are updated every 6 hours. .

Don’t forget that all common 2-day weather forecast sheets contain a special section in the first part of the forecast titled “General Features – Warnings”. Below is the video with the evolution of time until noon next Tuesday with a time pass of the maps every 6 hours.

We recommend that you follow the GPP instructions for the phenomena described above. In any case, you should know that EMY takes into account all available forecasts and after its pertinent evaluation, issues the special forecast and alert bulletins, as well as the relevant analysis of the forecast meteorological evolution.

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